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2012/2014 review:

its a good and fun game.
Definitely with friends!

ps: I was 15 years old back then.
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2019 review:

After nine years, Of early access and development.
I can't recommend this game. Despite it being a great overall game.
The development team at times, Loose their cool and insult players for being unhappy with how slow things are taking. I personally? I long passed my unhappiness. Did i voice my opinion? When i was unhappy with how long things are taking? No. I didn't. But at times i wished i would. Being a Desura player. Probably one of the very few first that bought project zomboid at the start of their development.

I'd imagine a question towards me like.
"Hey! did they make great progress with the time they had? 9 years sounds, well... LONG! What do you think Ryan?" Mediocre. They had long enough to make animations, Make systematic updates or patches to work that out. Not sure what they're doing at this point apart from showing 'round up' updates that are taking 6 month's so far. I am aware that games take time and that long work equals great game but. Nine years is... Overwhelmingly long.

I was once a 15 year old kiddo that had great expectations of this game. And i still see some of them! though. These things should've been there waaay at the start. Like cosmetical items. Cars and others. Even modders have managed to get working cars in the game before the dev's did. I say no, I wont praise their slow development time anymore.

And i do beg to people, to understand this point of view of mine. Seeing that most people comment is "dont worry dev's. Five years is not long." Because five years - is still, a quite a long time. For a update. But some of the people cant pathom how long i have had waited. Compared to others. And i dont have the will power anymore. I mean, I long lost it anyways.

Do see this review as a love and hate relationship between me and the game. its a passionate point of view. And again. I hope people understand this end.

Thank you for reading my review.

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UPDATE:

07/07/2019:
Today they've removed the roundup #6 tab due to the enormous amounts of negativity from the community. And have removed the post. One end feels like its censorship from criticism, Removing the post and posting a new one later this week to start a clean new slate without the negativity. Which is in my eyes. Bad.

Other end? They took a massive hit into their morale on working on the project. Which has been taking more or less six months or longer. Personally. I'm neutral in this but. c'mon, grow the hell up devs.

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UPDATE:

06/10/2020:
There's still nothing at all from this game. The devs are nitpicking and being slow. It feels almost on purpose these days. No progress at all. yes the multiplayer updates are decent and are coming along but HOLY ♥♥♥♥! There's nothing. Its been 10 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ years guys. I bought your game on Desura when i was 15/16 years old, i am 24 now! Are you going to wait till i'm 30?! Jesus.

This has nothing to do with impatience anymore. The fanboys of this game keep saying that to people that have reasonable thoughts about the slow progress of this game. And get shut down by the moderators, staff and its HARDCORE fanbase. Even if you give criticism about the game itself. Well, They'd probably dismiss you.

This review will probably stay NEGATIVE forever. Even if they meet up with the updates people have waited for. It will stay negative. Their development time is too slow. And never meet up with expectations. Some people have been married and gotten children by now, no joke.

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UPDATE:

20/12/2021
They finally released build 41 after all these years.
And i just can't believe how the devs of this project are just tapping each others shoulders saying "We did good, releasing that multiplayer." No friggin ♥♥♥♥! You sold this game as a multiplayer which no one had until a few weeks ago.

I know multiplayer already existed, but build 40 was extremely outdated and old.
They HAD to release build 41 as a beta, especially the multiplayer, otherwise it would've been the game's doom. Lol.

Good job, took you like half my life time.

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